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Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said he sees a lot of the New York Islanders in the Ottawa Senators.

That’s a compliment.

“I think the way (the Islanders) forwards play, their skill and the speed they play with, I think we’re going to see a lot of that with Ottawa,” Crosby told QMI Agency after the Penguins eliminated the eighth-seeded Islanders Saturday night.

The Eastern Conference-champion Penguins will now face the seventh-seeded Senators, who defeated the second-seeded Montreal Canadiens in five games.

“(The Senators) have got a quick transition and a lot of forwards who are young with some good legs,” Crosby said. “We’re going to have to make sure we’re solid defensively and better than we were in this series.”

The Penguins struggled with the Islanders’ forecheck and were outplayed for long stretches in the series.

Crosby said the Penguins never took the Islanders lightly and will do the same with the Senators, though some people might make the Penguins favourites.

“Maybe not as much after their series against Montreal,” Crosby said. “I don’t think people will be looking at the Islanders the same way they did. They earned a lot of respect. We knew they were going to be good, but people probably wrote them off a little early and they’re a good hockey team.”

Sidney Crosby says Senators similar to never-say-die Islanders

Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby said he sees a lot of the New York Islanders in the Ottawa Senators.

That’s a compliment.

“I think the way (the Islanders) forwards play, their skill and the speed they play with, I think we’re going to see a lot of that with Ottawa,” Crosby told QMI Agency after the Penguins eliminated the eighth-seeded Islanders Saturday night.

The Eastern Conference-champion Penguins will now face the seventh-seeded Senators, who defeated the second-seeded Montreal Canadiens in five games.